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When you want pie…

October 18, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

One of my favourite things to do is get out into the bush and pick huckleberries. (how can you not want to be here with that view?) When our kids were growing up, we often did this as a family, sometimes camping for the night. We all loved to get out there, but my oldest [...]

Posted in Gwen, RecipesTagged huckleberries, pie, recipe

When family comes to visit…

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 pvranchgetaway1 Comment

Normally, it takes one person to lead a pony, but as you can see from the above photo, it takes at least three when the cousins come to town. The more hands on the lead rope the better. Some of the best parts of farming are when family or friends come to visit. Everything that [...]

Posted in cows, ranchingTagged chores, cows, family, ranching

Standing firm

October 7, 2018October 18, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

Through fire and flood Though it stands alone it used to be home Built to last, built of stone Straight and true, block upon block Built to last , built on a rock   Though not much remains,  not even a stove And folks are gone, nothings the same It still stands tall, block upon [...]

Posted in Al, poetry

Cattle drivin’

September 29, 2018September 29, 2018 pvranchgetaway1 Comment

The air this morning was cool, like sipping from a fresh mountain stream every time I filled my lungs. The trees have exploded with colours, and everywhere you look, sunset tones and hues are splashed over every little growing thing, as if fall chased them down out of the sky to where we can touch [...]

Posted in ranchingTagged cattle drive, cows, fall, horses, ranching

A little cornbread is good for the soul

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 pvranchgetaway1 Comment

When I think of my dad, I think of gentleness, wisdom, quiet and humour. He loved to sit and listen to his kids, grandkids, and tease them. He also loved my mom's cooking and baking. In the summer he would come in after putting up hay and sit down to mom's cold coffee - oh, [...]

Posted in Gwen, RecipesTagged cornbread, kitchen, recipe, snacks

To be Established

September 8, 2018September 20, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

When I drove up this morning, the sun was just starting to peek over the hill, and the green of the grass was vivid and pure. I stopped to take this shot of the view... isn't it inviting? Come in, it says, Come in and see all this space. But I kept driving, in a [...]

Posted in establishedTagged beginnings, established, Grandpa, People

All the way from Scratch

August 31, 2018October 18, 2018 pvranchgetaway2 Comments

I grew up on a small farm, where making most everything from "scratch" was the norm. My mom and Grandma were known for their good home cooked food and fresh baking. Every Saturday was Bread making day. There was almost always cinnamon buns at the end of every bowl. Mom would cut the little ends [...]

Posted in Gwen, RecipesTagged Bread, homemade, kitchen, recipe, scratch

The People

August 24, 2018October 18, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

In some ways a farm is like a collage...

Posted in PeopleTagged collage, farmer, introduction, People

where there is smoke, is there Fire???

August 20, 2018August 24, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

  So, as you can see, or can you??? sometimes one has to look for awhile or even investigate before you get the Whole story.  Look closely.  Well, it's just  a cliché - you know,  maybe we are not looking for smoke....keep looking until you see it! -Allan  

Posted in Al

To be Rooted

August 17, 2018September 1, 2018 pvranchgetawayLeave a comment

Close your eyes for a second, wherever you might be, and come with me. Let's go traveling up a winding, narrow road, through the trees, and alongside the slow, curling river, to a quiet little valley. It's here you'll find our farm. Imagine yourself standing here, in our fields, on freshly turned soil, both soft [...]

Posted in RootedTagged alfalfa, roots, soil

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